A wild winter swan : a novel
(Book)
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Cambridge Public Library - Fiction
MAG
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MAG
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Mora Public Library - Fiction
MAG
1 available
MAG
1 available
North Branch Area Library - Fiction
MAG
1 available
MAG
1 available
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Cambridge Public Library - Fiction | MAG | Available |
Mora Public Library - Fiction | MAG | Available |
North Branch Area Library - Fiction | MAG | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Andersen, H. C. -- (Hans Christian), -- 1805-1875. -- Vilde svaner. -- English -- Adaptations.
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Italian American families -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
Swans -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Italian American families -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
Swans -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm.
Street Date
2010
Language
English
Notes
Description
Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the new year begins, Laura may find herself at boarding school in Montreal. Nearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself. Little does Laura know that her struggle to find help for her new friend parallels that of her grandparents, who are desperate for a distant relative's financial aid to save the family store. As he explores themes of class, isolation, family, and the dangerous yearning to be saved by a power greater than ourselves, Gregory Maguire conjures a haunting, beautiful tale of magical realism that illuminates one young woman's heartbreak and hope as she begins the inevitable journey to adulthood.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Maguire, G. (2020). A wild winter swan: a novel (First edition.). William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Maguire, Gregory. 2020. A Wild Winter Swan: A Novel. William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Maguire, Gregory. A Wild Winter Swan: A Novel William Morrow, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Maguire, Gregory. A Wild Winter Swan: A Novel First edition., William Morrow, 2020.
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